[Foundation-l] Renaming "Flagged Protections"

[William Pietri]

On 05/24/2010 07:34 AM, David Levy wrote:
> I disagree.  I think that it should be as clear as possible that this
> process exists to counter inappropriate edits, not as an Orwellian
> measure intended to be used indiscriminately throughout the
> encyclopedia (because we want to "double check" good edits before
> allowing them to attain normal status).
>    

That's an interesting point, and one I hadn't thought about. I could see 
it going either way. On the one hand, names are powerful. On the other 
hand, they lose some of their power once familiar, and the Wikipedia 
community is often so thoroughly skeptical that calling the feature Free 
Money For Everybody might not be enough to cause indiscriminate use.

Either way, it's a good point, and I hope that people weighing in on 
this think of names from that angle too.

William